DJ/Trackmaker/ creates music that defies – and is one of the few artists that actually fit this description. His ever-evolving and mutating musical vocabulary draws from every kind of music he stumbles across, from Chicago footwork to Okinawan folk music of his roots, ambient to J-pop, Talvin Singh's Indian classical music/drum 'n' bass fusion to classic videogame soundtracks, then twists them all with his playful psychedelia. He masterfully uses accidents and limitation as a catalyst to create the noisy technicolor of these sonic collages that has titillated and enchanted music obsessives far and wide.
After releasing his debut album from NY/OH label Orange Milk, his music has been released from international labels including Diplo's Mad Decent and its offshoot Good Enuff. His recent albums (Ez Minzoku, 2016 and ARU OTOKO NO DENSETSU, 2018) have been praised by the likes of Pitchfork, FACT, Tiny Mix Tapes, the Guardian, and Resident Advisor. "He makes seriously fun weirdo music that we can't get enough of." - i-D
"in FOODMAN’s world, everyone is forever lost and forever thrilled about it"- FACT Mag “The worlds his tracks inhabit are not the dystopias of so much hybrid club music, but spaces conceived in rainbow-like bursts of imagination.” – Resident Advisor
This extends to his remixes and DJ mixes, including his monthly residency at NTS radio and i-D magazine's "i-DJ" guest mix, which was picked up on Pitchfork's "10 Best DJ Mixes of March 2017 The mix that he provided for Noisey was selected for “7 must-hear mixes from May 2019”.FACT Magazine also invited him to "against the clock".
Boiler Room New York Live Set
His prolific and truly unusual of work has taken him on worldwide tours, and since making his international debut in mid-2016, he has appeared on Boiler Room, Theory, and Unsound just to name a few, as well as headline shows across the US and Europe.
TAXI's big music background is inspired by both around New York club cultures, especially 80’s underground house sounds, and after 2000's Tokyo's club scene. On another side, by backpack traveling, he learned world tribal sounds, learned tabla in India. Mainly, TAXI focuses to play new & old club music sounds from house & disco & tribal by moods.
JUN- D.F.J. DJ超过25年, 16岁时喜欢朋克和UK dub,收藏的第一张唱片是Malcolm McLaren的Duck Rock LP。在美国旅行时, 在俱乐部和唱片店收获了许多音乐灵感,现在他的DJ set收录了New York house garage和 Soul,Funk风格。目前常驻上海,在长乐路和朋友经营一家人气颇高的现代创意日式料理餐厅“XIME/嘻咩”,除了他创作的日式料理受欢迎之外,他挑选的店内音乐也是常得到音乐人士的夸赞。很难说他的音乐灵感来自于厨房,还是他的料理灵感来自于音乐,对他来说两者有着奇妙的联系。
For more than 25 years in DJ career, Jun started his career from playing Punk and UK dub when he was 16, his first record is Malcolm McLaren - Duck Rock LP, now he plays everything like New York house garage and Soul/Funk. He traveled much in the USA where he enriched his music inspiration, now Jun is based in Shanghai. He’s also running a popular modern Japanese fusion restaurant called Xime, his inspiration is cooking and music which can surprisingly stand close to one another if you take a close look at it in a philosophy way.嘻咩 〆XIME* 活动当晚,Jun会带着他好吃到吓人的美味小点加入到Foodman的美食音乐节,大家要早点来哦!!! 来晚了就吃不到了哦!!!* *He will bring his ultimate munchies to Foodma's mad decent food and music festival, come early to catch, don't be late!!! *2F, 17 XiangYang Bei Lu, near ChangLe Lu 襄阳北路17号2楼 (近长乐路)